Today’s video create: Favorite foreign word, fun’inki

As a COMM major, I deal with a lot of media analyses. I’ve even done some of my own. Thanks to my high school AP English class, the University of Michigan COMM department, and now this reading, I’ll probably never be … Continue reading →

"Create some kind of pattern of things on your desk right now."Block M

Desk Pattern, a photo by courtneejay0128 on Flickr.

lawless remix, a photo by courtneejay0128 on Flickr. Original Movie Title: LAWLESS

Famous movie critic Roger Ebert presented a interesting and thought provoking idea about movies and screen in his article “How to Read a Movie“.  When watching movies, I had never thought much about the physical locations of characters on the screen in terms of their stance in relation to others.  With that said, when watching ...

My Favorite Saying from Another Language

Angles, a photo by theopcm on Flickr.Daily Create 2.9.13 - create some kind of pattern of things on your desk right now.

Today’s video create options. Go get ‘em! Explain what your favorite word from another language is, and tell us why you like it (tags umdst, umdst12) Show us and tell … Continue reading →

I missed the deadlineWhich makes this a dead lineI'm not on my primeBut maybe next timeIt won't be too lateTo add my chime

I knew I wanted to make a stop-motion for my first movie, but I decided that using another person would be easiest. Rather than me having to move the subject after every shot, the subject can simply move itself, which makes the process go much quicker....

Today was a 6/10

Today’s rating: 5/10 Today’s rating: 5/10

A smorgasbord of great, quick video options! Bon appetit. Record a daily update – include date, time, weather, and a rating for the day (tag umdst, umdst 10) Present like … Continue reading →

Alright, so I finally completely my first video assignment. I'm very excited about it! I got the idea to do this video ever since I was first introduced to the "Will it Blend?" videos by Tom Dickerson. My process was rather tedious, but I ended up real...

First Video Presentation! In this video I wanted to create a movie video for one of my favorite drake songs. After completing my first video I was excited! I started off by finally downloading firefox on my computer and then … Continue reading →

"Retitle a movie poster to make it more accurate."

The Reality Principle gave the impression that reality show participants consistently know the role they are going to be playing in the final product. I disagree with this notion. The process of shaping a person’s participation in the show is sometimes something the individual may be unaware of during the process of filming. As an example, ...

I personally am a big fan of fantasy. It’s otherworldliness and make believe stories are fascinating and captivating. I also think scripted shows though they never happen draw on people and matter. People don’t go to midnight premiers of Harry Potter because its silly and has no draw on their lives, they go because the characters mean something important to them. 

Reality television though it is based on the interactions of real people being themselves their is a certain amount of what is show is not true to real life. In real life people go to the bathroom and eat food and sleep. Reality shows use only specific and interesting footage where the 8 or so hours a person sleeps is left out. 

It seems that reality shows are interesting to people for some of the same reasons that scripted shows are. There is some sort of climax or “big reveal.” They follow a certain story line and leave people with some sort of after feeling being that was really stupid, she looks so pretty, or I wish they hadn’t voted my favorite person off the island. People make connections with the people they see. There are certain reality shows I find interesting. Overall I find reality shows to be uninteresting or the people participating in them to be bothersome. 

Perhaps the reason is some what based in the idea that most reality shows aren’t meant to teach or comment on something like scripted shows. Most episodes have some sort of direct purpose or statement it is trying to make where as much of reality shows are meant to be watched as a spectacle. 

Here is my very favorite  reality show. 

Ok, so with this one I have to start a little differently. David Shields does something very interesting in “Reality Hunger: A Manifesto”. Throughout the text he lists several famous writers and/or philosophers. And to be honest, this really got my attention. It put me back in my high school philosophy class seat. For a ...

I guess I am a TV snob, I am one of those people mentioned in The Reality Principle who “brag about having seen every episode of “Friday Night Lights” will brag, too, that they have never laid eyes on “The Real … Continue reading →

  Shields essay “Reality Hunger: A Manifesto: Why The Lyric Essay Is Better Than Fiction” was an interesting read. His careful way of differing between a lyric essay and a fiction was straightforward for the reader to understand. However, his … Continue reading →

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I watched "The Truman Show" for the first time only a week ago, and one thing I kept thinking throughout is if people actually dedicate their entire lives to reality television. That is, sleep, eat, and live every part of your life while living as...

Let me begin by saying that I loved and hated this essay. I mostly hated it because of all the references...I'm glad you're well-read and all, but I'm afraid I haven't read half of the things this man is talking about (maybe that's just me).I mostly ju...